Mama Monday #104

 

some Celtic prayers to accompany you along the way... 



The vitality of God be mine this day

The vitality of the God of life.

The passion of Christ be mine this day

The passion of the Christ of Love

The wakefulness of the Spirit be mine this day

The wakefulness of the Spirit of justice

The vitality and passion and wakefulness of God be mine

That I may be fully alive this day

The vitality and passion and wakefulness of God

That I may be fully alive.

-J. Phillip Newel 

Celtic Prayer 

 


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